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Allan Hird Sr.
Allan Thomas Hird Sr. (11 August 1918 – 16 May 2007) was an Australian rules football player, coach and executive in the Victorian Football League (now AFL). VFL playing career Recruited from Williamstown, Hird joined the Hawthorn Football Club where he made his debut in 1938. He played 14 games for the club before moving to Essendon in 1940. It was at the Bombers he enjoyed his greatest success, playing 102 games from 1940 to 1945 as a pacy flanker, and being a part of the 1942 premiership team. VFL coaching career Hird later spent two years with the St Kilda Football Club as captain-coach, leaving at the end of 1947. After returning to Essendon, Hird was captain-coach of the Essendon Seconds (Reserves) team from 1948 to 1952 and non-playing coach from 1953 to 1954, before retiring from all forms of playing. In his seven years as captain-coach of the Seconds, the team won the premiership twice, in 1950 and 1952 (Hird's last match), and was runner-up three times. All but on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costerfield
Costerfield is a former mining locality in north central Victoria, Australia. The locality is in the City of Greater Bendigo, north of the state capital, Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met .... 12 km north-east of Heathcote the town name was a combination of the surnames of Alan Coster and Edwin Field. Prospectors who found gold in the locality in 1861. An Anglican school was opened in 1862 and closed in 1950. It was then reopned in 1962 and closed in 1992. At the , Costerfield had a population of 75. References External links Towns in Victoria (Australia) Bendigo Suburbs of Bendigo {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Paine
Brian Reginald Paine (26 February 1932 – 25 October 2016) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon Essendon may refer to: Australia *Electoral district of Essendon *Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington *Essendon, Victoria **Essendon railway station **Essendon Airport *Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League United King ... in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He later played for Yarraville in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). Notes External links * *Essendon Football Club past player profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Paine, Brian 1932 births 2016 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Essendon Football Club players Yarraville Football Club players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Monks
Ian Monks (6 August 1931 – 6 January 2009) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He won a reserves premiership with Essendon in 1952. After his time in the VFL, he played for Port Melbourne and Caulfield in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). Monks also had a long district cricket career for Essendon Essendon may refer to: Australia *Electoral district of Essendon *Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington *Essendon, Victoria **Essendon railway station **Essendon Airport *Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League United King ..., playing 214 First XI games between 1949/50 and 1968/69, averaging 22.44 with the bat, and served as captain. See also * The 1965–66 Victorian District Cricket final Notes External links * * *Essendon Football Club past player profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Monks, Ian 1931 births 2009 deaths Australian rules footballers from Vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mal Pascoe
Malcolm Lawrence Pascoe (31 March 1933 – 24 August 2020) was an Australian rules footballer and coach. He played 94 senior Victorian Football League (VFL) games for the Essendon Football Club from 1953 to 1958, and played 177 senior Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) games for the Hobart Football Club from 1959 to 1966. He was captain-coach of Hobart from 1959 to 1965, and non-playing coach of Hobart from 1978 to 1979. Family Malcolm Lawrence Pascoe was born on 31 March 1933. He married Kay Alison Forbes on 8 October 1955. In 1978 he married Elaine Burrows, with whom he had a daughter, Samantha. Early career at Essendon Joining Essendon at age 15, Pascoe steadily made his way through the Essendon thirds (under-19s), and the seconds (reserves), from 1949 until his first senior match in 1953. He was one of the highly talented 1952 Essendon seconds premiership team that beat Collingwood seconds 7.14 (56) to 4.5 (29). All but one of the premiership team' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Leek
Geoff Leek (18 February 1932 – 21 February 2008) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the VFL from 1951 to 1962. First senior match Recruited from the Preston Boys Club (he had been released by Collingwood to whom he was residentially bound), he played in Essendon's Thirds (under-19s), and played something like four seasons with the Seconds before becoming a regular seniors player in 1953. He was selected as a reserve for his first senior game for Essendon. It was against Richmond at Windy Hill on Saturday 7 July 1951. Essendon won by four points: 10.14 (74) to Richmond's 10.10 (70). He took a long time to develop, playing only six senior matches in 1951, and five in 1952. He played in the highly talented 1952 Essendon Seconds Premiership team that beat Collingwood Seconds 7.14 (56) to 4.5 (29). All but one of the premiership team's 20 players had either already played for the Essendon Firsts or would go on to do so in the future; the team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Booth
Stan Booth (3 December 1933 – 30 August 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1950s. Booth was a rover and often rested on the half forward flank, contributing over a goal a game for Essendon. He spent most of the 1952 season in the reserves and was a member of their premiership team but also made five appearances in the seniors. From 1953 he was a regular in the Essendon side, kicking 32 goals in 1954 and playing in the 1957 Grand Final loss to Melbourne. Earlier in 1957, he was involved in some controversy when in a game against that year's premiers he was penalised for kicking the ball out of bounds deliberately, after a tackle from Ron Barassi. With just seconds remaining, Athol Webb kicked the winning goal from an angle on the half forward flank to give his team a one-point victory. Once leaving Essendon, Booth moved to Tasmania and captain-coached the Sandy Bay Football Club The Sandy Bay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Reed (footballer)
Kenneth John Reed (15 December 1931 - 19 July 2018) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He won a reserves premiership with Essendon in 1952 and a year later was awarded the reserves best and fairest. Reed later played for Williamstown in the Victorian Football Association and won two premierships with them, before concluding his career with Hastings Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west .... Notes External links * *Essendon Football Club past player profile''The VFA project'': Ken Reed. {{DEFAULTSORT:Reed, Ken 1931 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Place of birth missing Essendon Football Club players Williamstown Football Club players Mornington Peninsula N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Gilmore (footballer Born 1929)
Brian Gilmore (born 1 December 1929) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Gilmore was recruited from Koondrook, a town on the Victorian side of the Murray River. A follower, Gilmore started out in the seconds in 1949, then in 1950 broke into the seniors for the first time. (archived) He made 11 league appearances in his time at Essendon, never more than four in a single season and was a member of the club's 1950 and 1952 seconds premierships. In 1954, Gilmore joined Richmond, where he played briefly in the seconds, before leaving for Kyneton. He spent the 1955 VFL season with St Kilda and put together 10 games that year, all in succession, a run which ended when he was forced to sit out four weeks for striking Carlton's Noel O'Brien. Also a professional runner, Gilmore competed in the Stawell Gift The Stawell Gift is Australia's oldest and richest short-distance running race. It is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Martini
Ray Martini (born 14 July 1930) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Essendon Essendon may refer to: Australia *Electoral district of Essendon *Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington *Essendon, Victoria **Essendon railway station **Essendon Airport *Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League United King ... in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family Although there are suggestions that this "Martini" is the son of the former Geelong footballer, Percy Martini, the fact that Percy Martin's wife, May Victoria Martin (1887–1928), née Machar, died some two years before Ray Martini's birth, and that there's no record of Percy Martin ever remarrying (or, in contrast, being the father of an extra-marital child) seems to indicate that there's no substance to these claims. Football Williamstown (VFA) He played with Williamstown for two seasons: 1954 and 1955 totalling 10 senior games and kicking 6 goals. Notes References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Snell
William Snell (23 March 1927 – 18 March 2009) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the VFL during the early 1950s. A centre half forward, Snell made his debut in Dick Reynolds's 300th game. He was a member of Essendon's 1950 premiership team and also played in the side which lost the decider the following season. He suffered a serious head injury during a pre-season game before the 1951 season. Although doctors feared that he would never play football again, Snell returned to play the last eight games of the 1951 VFL season The 1951 VFL season was the 55th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 21 April until 29 September, and comprised an ..., including Essendon's loss to Geelong in the 1951 VFL Grand Final. He played a further eight games in 1952 before retiring from the VFL and going to coach the Stawell Football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Sewell
Gregory George Sewell (born 30 June 1933) was an Australian rules footballer, assistant coach and president for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was educated at University High School from 1950 to 1951, where he was a schoolmate of Allen Aylett. He was inducted as an Essendon legend for his contribution to the club which spanned over 4 decades. Recruit Sewell was recruited by Essendon from a local side, the Monash Rovers. He was fast, marked well, and could break away from opponents. He played mainly as a wingman or as a half forward flanker; however, he finished his career as a back pocket player. He played in the Thirds (under-19s) and the Seconds (Reserves) until he played his first senior match for Essendon on 19 July 1952, round 13 of the home-and-away season, against Footscray, at Essendon's home ground, Windy Hill. He played on the half-forward flank in the highly talented 1952 Essendon Seconds Premiership team that beat Collingwood Seconds 7.14 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alby Law
Albert Reeves Law (24 December 1929 – 17 May 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Law won a VFL reserves premiership for Essendon in 1952 before returning to his old side Moe in the Latrobe Valley Football League. He later coached Moe's reserves and then seniors, leading the team to a senior premiership in 1967. He was employed by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria The State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV, ECV or SEC) is a government-owned electricity supplier in Victoria, Australia. It was set up in 1918, and by 1972 it was the sole agency in the state for electricity generation, transmission, .... Notes External links * *Essendon Football Club past player profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |